The LSE had banked donations from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif-al-Islam and won a contract worth £2.2m to train Libyan officials - a story trumpeted by the Times.

Who do we see pop up in Sir Howard's latest column in Management Today? One James Harding, editor of the News International newspaper.

Harding’s performance at the Leveson Inquiry was "abject" according to Sir Howard.

"[He] admitted that one of his journalists had hacked into emails, that the paper had misled a judge by saying he hadn’t, and that he didn’t know the Times was in court on the subject because he hadn’t bothered to read an email from his lawyer."

Ah the old email excuse, as favoured by James Murdoch, the former News International boss who has just stepped down.

Sir Howard suggests another similarity between the two: “Taxi for Mr Harding I fear. Indeed, he should call one for himself.”

Mukhtar and brass

Oligarch fugitive Mukhtar Ablyazov is believed to have fled to France and beyond.

The ex-BTA bank chairman is accused of pocketing $5bn (£3.16bn) from the Kazakh bank.

His assets have been frozen but he’s still entitled to access cash for food, lodgings and legal fees.

Rumour has it chums using their Belize-based businesses are picking up the Addleshaw Goddard tab.

The lawyers remain tight lipped about who is footing their bill.

Who cares, as long as they get paid.

Time for Ben

Ben Fenton, corpulent Financial Times media hack, has been appointed to head up its live news desk.

Will the journalist, formerly of this parish, be addressing the occasional tardiness of the Pink 'Un's live debt blog?

On December 9 2011 - the morning after late night talks collapsed on Dave Cameron's veto - the live debt blog wasn’t up and running until 10.02am.

What's in a name?

Retailer Jack Wills (JW) sells hoodies to sloanes.

The brand, founded by Peter Williams and Rob Shaw, and 30pc owned by private equity firm Inflexion, is branching into Asia.

It targets wannabe posh students and school kids but like many well-to-do families there’s a skeleton hidden in the closest.

An old question-and-answer document aimed at consumers and housed on the company website claimed the founders named the company after Peter's grandad - Jack Wills.

But a school prefect tells me Jack Wills the man never existed.

Jack Williams the company said the name was derived from ancestor "John Blackmore" and the surname "Williams." Not quite as romantic a tale is it?